One of my favorite sermon series I’ve ever put together was Googling God. Each week is based on questions collected from the congregation. Now obviously a question series is not an original idea, but what I came up with was tying the thought to the internet search engine, Google. I first came up with the idea a few years ago and worked with on it with Brian Jones at Christ’s Church of the Valley and we are currently doing the series here at Hope Summit. This morning I thought why not share it! Here is how we put it together… On Christmas Eve we had blank cards with the logo on them in the bulletin and shared the following:

“In today’s world, more information is available at our fingertips than ever before. Instant messaging, texting, internet searches, emails and podcasts are the norm. In our fast-paced, information driven society, there are still many questions that remain unanswered. But what if you could Google God? What if you could ask God any question and you knew He would give you an answer? In our next series of teachings we are going to attempt to answer your questions. On the card write down your questions and the top three asked questions will be what we teach on the next three weeks!”

We collected the cards and our top three questions were as follows:

How do I know the Bible is true?

Why do bad things happen to good people?

What will heaven be like?

Below I will upload MP3s of each sermon, my sermon notes, and graphics for you to use. Enjoy!

Graphics

Our graphics here at Hope Summit were done by designer, Laura Spaar, she’s done most of our design work here at Hope Summit. Feel free to contact her if you’d like hire her for work with your church. Click on each image below to get the larger file.

Logo/series slide:

Week 1: How do I know the Bible is true?

Week 2: Why do bad things happen to good people?

Week 3: What will heaven be like?

Banner for bulletin/program (I use this for a note sheet we provide weekly):

CD’s available slide:

Sermons:

Below are the sermons. You can download the mp3 and listen or also download the sermon notes I preach from.

John I think starting something like this after Easter is a good idea since it is a high attendance Sunday. I think if you give people the opportunity to fill out question and they know what questions you are going to answer before they are dismissed they may just be motivated to come back. If you have any other questions let me know.

I love the concept. I have done similar things and often have a question and answer period after the message. Thanks for making your slides and info available. I will utilize the concept and will give you the credit for your idea.. Jerry

Hi Frank – Were you worried about using the Google logo in the sermon series artwork? Did you check with Google before using the art? If not, did you have assurances from your designer that it was be ok under the “fair use” section of the copyright law? We are looking at doing a similar series, but have concerns about using their logo/colors. Any insight you could provide would be helpful.

Rob, sorry it took so long to reply. I’ve taken a break from writing but am returning soon. We didn’t have any issues with the logo and I’ve used it on two occasions. Since the company name is not “googling” nor have they copyrighted that term we didn’t have any issues.